Chaplain Gets Jail In Sex Case

FT. RICHARDSON, ALASKA — An Army chaplain who hypnotized women, then sexually molested them, was sentenced by a military judge Friday to four years in prison and ordered dismissed from the service.

Lt. Col. Anthony Longval Jr., 53, was also ordered to forfeit $2,500 in pay per month during imprisonment. His monthly pay had been $3,638.

Longval had pleaded guilty at his general court martial Thursday to 14 sexual misconduct offenses, involving hypnotizing and taking advantage of women who came to him for marriage and family life counseling. He faced up to 56 years in prison.

Longval, stationed at Ft. Richardson near Anchorage, admitted he sexually molested four women during counseling sessions after putting them in a trance to relax them.